Kenneth N. Klee spent his career analyzing bankruptcy law and advocating for pro-debtor reforms to the Bankruptcy Code. He
graduated from Harvard Law School in 1974 and joined to the California bar in 1975. He began his career as Associate Counsel
for the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, a subunit of the House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary,
where he advised Congress and helped draft legislation related to bankruptcy reform in the 1970s. He was also a consultant
to the House Judiciary Committee from 1977 to 1982 and the Department of Justice from 1983 to 1985. Klee was a member of the
National Bankruptcy Conference, an association of scholars and practitioners committed to the study of bankruptcy legislation
and reform, where he was chair of the Committee on Legislation from 1992 to 1999. He worked at Stutman, Treister and Glatt
and was a founding partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff, and Stern, LLP. The collection, 1969-1999, includes papers relating
to Klee's work from 1969 to 1995 as a legal assistant to the Committee on the Judiciary, including drafts of bills, handwritten
notes, markup copies of legislation, reports, and correspondence; materials related to Klee's legislative activities from
1997 to 1999 as a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference; lectures, presentations, and related material created by Klee
for continuing education courses, seminars, and other programs; course materials related to Klee's professorships at UCLA
and USC from 1979 to 1984; photocopies and other reference material; and related material.

title

Kenneth N. Klee Papers

creator

Klee, Kenneth N.

id

PU-L.NBA.005

repository

University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library

extent

28.5 linear feet

inclusive date

1969-1999

bulk date

1975-1998

abstract/scope/contents

Kenneth N. Klee spent his career analyzing bankruptcy law and advocating for pro-debtor reforms to the Bankruptcy Code. He
graduated from Harvard Law School in 1974 and joined to the California bar in 1975. He began his career as Associate Counsel
for the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, a subunit of the House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary,
where he advised Congress and helped draft legislation related to bankruptcy reform in the 1970s. He was also a consultant
to the House Judiciary Committee from 1977 to 1982 and the Department of Justice from 1983 to 1985. Klee was a member of the
National Bankruptcy Conference, an association of scholars and practitioners committed to the study of bankruptcy legislation
and reform, where he was chair of the Committee on Legislation from 1992 to 1999. He worked at Stutman, Treister and Glatt
and was a founding partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff, and Stern, LLP. The collection, 1969-1999, includes papers relating
to Klee's work from 1969 to 1995 as a legal assistant to the Committee on the Judiciary, including drafts of bills, handwritten
notes, markup copies of legislation, reports, and correspondence; materials related to Klee's legislative activities from
1997 to 1999 as a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference; lectures, presentations, and related material created by Klee
for continuing education courses, seminars, and other programs; course materials related to Klee's professorships at UCLA
and USC from 1979 to 1984; photocopies and other reference material; and related material.